Saturday, May 20, 2006

Minor League Scorebook

News

During yesterday's proceedings at Ray Winder Field, it seems that one
of the visiting Springfield Cardinals, Reid Gorecki, homered onto the roof of the National Guard armory and fouled a pitch into the lights over the first base grandstand, causing glass shards to rain down on the fans below.

From Travelerocity
we learn that Travs first baseman Greg Porter is making a push
for the Texas League All-Star game. He's hit in 14 of his last
15 games for a .322 average, and of course had a walk-off grand
slam Friday.

Scores

Willits, R: 1-4, 1 BB, 1 KKendrick, H: 2-5, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 KGorneault: 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 KMorales: 1-4, 2 RBI, 1 BBMathis, J: 1-5Eylward: 1-4Pavkovich: 1-3, 1 HR, 2 RBISmith, C: 2-4Olenberger: (L, 3-1), 5.2 IP, 8 ER, 9 H, 3 K, 3 BB, 3 HR, 3.93 ERA
I guess they miss Jason Bulger; the score was an altogether manageable
9-8 entering the top of the ninth when Bees reliever Matt Wilhite gave
up five runs on a one-out, three-run dinger and an RBI double. Kasey
Olenberger got tagged for a well-earned loss; he was just awful.
Howie Kendrick had his first multi-hit day since returning to AAA,
though he did strike out twice, something he seems to have done a lot;
he now has more K's (8) than hits (4) in May (his first game after
being sent down to AAA was May 15).

De Jesus: 3-6, 1 2B, 1 KPedroza: 2-5, 3 RBI, 1 BBMitchell: 1-6, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 KMooneyham: 1-4, 2 BB, 1 KLocke: 3-6, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 2 KMay: 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 KApodaca: 2-2, 2 RBI, 3 BBLeach: (W, 3-2), 5.1 IP, 2 ER, 5 H, 5 K, 4 BB, 3.23 ERAGomez de Segura: 1.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 3 K, 0 BB, 7.85 ERA
I have to admit I kinda like Jason Mooneyham, even though I have no
good reason to do so; part of it is that he played for Chapman, but
another part is that he's a quirky player, what with his
.333/.492/.378 line and all. He's hitting for average and getting on
base at a ridiculous clip. Today's game is fairly typical for him
since getting called up to the Catfish, walking twice and getting a
single. Ivan De Jesus went 2-5 with 3 RBI against the Sand Gnats,
while Brent Leach got the win as the starter. Three runs against
Savannah starter Brett Nyquist were unearned, as was one in the
four-run ninth against Miguel Sanfler.